TIMTIM – July 2008 Mix (mp3)

… is Tim from Damn Arms. Since they’re on a hiatus, Yama is busy doing G.L.O.V.E.S, Simon is with the Lost Valentinos, Ben Browning is shredding for Cut Copy, and Tim is touring Japan to DJ! This set is a pretty good LCD/Cut Copy disco-vibe mix perfect for Friday.

www.myspace.com/timdudetim

The Dolly Rocker Movement – Get Up and Go Go

I first came across this band on a rainy Anzac day, wandering through the Essential festival at the Gaelic Club on the back of a rather large musical bender. The Dolly Rocker Movement were shoved into one of the smallest upstairs rooms. It was way too crowded, smelled vaguely of feet and a series of audio problems meant we stood there in uncomfortable silence for at least 15 minutes, but when the band finally started, well – it’s a tad clichéd, but it was all worth it.

They’re about town quite a bit these days, so if you haven’t caught their warm fuzzy percussion yet, move a little faster, people.

www.myspace.com/thedollyrockermovement

Violent Soho – ‘Love is a Heavy Word’

A bit of groove rock now, Violent Soho is a young four piece from Brisbane whose vocals remind me of the rockier grunge bands of the early 90s. I suppose comparisons with Children Collide would not go amiss. These guys are doing back to back touring with Reptiles, Cut Off Your Hands and The Mess Hall all the way to September so you got no reason to miss them.

www.myspace.com/violentsoho

Deep Sea Arcade – ‘Crouch End’ (mp3)

Sydney youngsters with a penchant for The Beatles and Elliott Smith. Deep Sea Arcade could have done a lot worse with their debut offering to the world. An underwater adventure in the yellow submarine with Lennon at the helm, ‘Crouch End’ is a dreamy psych-folk tune that floats along and takes you in its current. I reckon it won’t be long before you see Deep Sea Arcade and fellow Sydneysiders Richard In Your Mind sharing bills together; they’d compilment each other perfectly.

http://www.myspace.com/deepseaarcade

PNAU feat. Ladyhawke – Embrace (Fred Falke & Miami Horror remix) (mp3)

We have here the world exclusive to a track by Australia’s hottest electronic artist PNAU aided by our favourite and future pop star Ladyhawke, getting the retreatment by a collaboration between Melbourne’s Miami Horror and French electronic bassist Fred Falke. This remix will be released as part of the Pnau’s third single Embrace, out in the next few weeks. Since the success of the their album release the boys have relocated themselves (as have Ladyhawke) to the United Kingdom to push their album in the Northern Hemisphere markets. Catch them.

www.myspace.com/pnaupnau

www.myspace.com/ladyhawkerock

www.myspace.com/miamihorror

www.myspace.com/fredfalkemusic

WOW – Icy Cold

Sydney based trash electro noisemakers WOW played at a Levity night in Sydney recently to debut themselves as the label/brand’s latest artists. I’ve always thought brand funded record labels would be a viable way for new artists to break into the scene. Levity is Levi’s Jeans funded record label, whose labelmates include Cut Off Your Hands and Mercy Arms. This is a fairly small marketing exercise compared to Toyota Scion’s label effort in the USA who put out 500,000 copies of double cd compilation for free every three months, which include some pretty cool special remixes by upcoming artists. While it’s hard to measure just how much ‘cool association’ with up and coming artists would translate into dollar spend, I’m glad that at least there is effort being put into coming up with an alternative to the traditional consumer driven record labels.

www.myspace.com/wowsydney

Funnily enough moments after this picture were taken, WOW got booted off stage by the owner of the pub because she didn’t like the music much.